Everyone benefits at some time or another from your incorporating Universal Design Features into the Home Shower Area. By building a curbless sloped floor to the Shower one is able to easily roll in a wheelchair or use a walker to enter the bathing area. Handheld Personal Shower Heads (often mounted on an adjustable height rod) provide flexibility and ease in both bathing and cleaning the Shower. Adequate overhead lighting, properly located grab bars, a non-skid flooring surface, and shower curtain rather than a door are all wise considerations. Also, if possible the actual size of the Bathing Area sshould be adequate for Assisted Bathing if necessary and can often be 5 feet wide or more and at least 42 inches front to back

There also are a myriad of accessories available today from scald-proof  water controls to fold-down seats to custom made 36 minimum clear width frameless safety glass shower doors. In short, anyone who has a Shower with these  features that ever has a sprained ankle or a bad back , regardless of age, will enjoy the conveniences and surely be safer while bathing.

For many reasons, more and more families are either now, or soon will be, sharing their living quarters and adapting to a care giving situation. Aging Adults with Mature Children  ( or Mature Children with Aging Adults ) are once again finding that residing together under the same roof makes a lot of sense: economically, socially, and convenience-wise.

Whether it is a well planned new home, an addition to an existing home, or practical adaptations to to an existing home, the benefits of what I refer to as "Share-Giving" are many.

It is no secret that our societal demographics are changing due to the onset of the "Boomer Generation," the access and availability of better and better medical care resulting in longer, healthier life expectancy, and the economic realities of Assisted Care costs such as In-Home assistance or Assisted Living facilities. 

Prudent family discussions, sound planning, and creative design assistance will result in better lifestyles, security, and convenience for families sharing their lives together.